Vijay Kelkar

'It's not about funds, but ideas': Gadkari hits out at bureaucracy in Pune

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari called out the lack of flexibility from bureaucracy and its mindset of a complete no to out-of-the-box ideas

Updated On: 24 Jun 2025 | 10:17 AM IST

Have sunset clause for economic laws constraining growth: Vijay Kelkar

Kelkar suggested a system for periodic review of economic laws, howsoever revolutionary they might be when they are passed

Updated On: 30 Jun 2021 | 7:15 AM IST

Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel to take over as chairman of NIPFP

Patel will replace Vijay Kelkar, who assumed office on November 1, 2014

Updated On: 20 Jun 2020 | 12:30 AM IST

GST must go back to drawing board; rates need to be simplified: N K Singh

The official said that GST needed to be revenue neutral and that the GST Council needed to move from multiplicity of rates to one standard rate.

Updated On: 11 Dec 2019 | 2:32 AM IST

Ex-finance panel chief Kelkar for setting up NITI Aayog 2.0 with more power

The eminent economist, however, added that he is not suggesting for a moment that the new NITI Aayog should take the form of the old Planning Commission

Updated On: 27 Jan 2019 | 1:31 PM IST

GST Council should seize the initiative: Tax policy should be inclusive, transparent

IMF's macroeconomic theories are not in sync with situations on the ground

Updated On: 03 Nov 2016 | 8:49 AM IST

Vijay Kelkar: Fiscal reforms in a federal framework

NITI Aayog should strive to be a vibrant think tank albeit with substantial financial muscle, says the writer in the first of a two-part series

Updated On: 01 Nov 2016 | 10:58 PM IST